Video Guide

1. National Geographic Documentary
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Instructions: Please answer the following items as you view the
documentary about Lewis and Clark
1. Who appointed Lewis and Clark to take their expedition?
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2. The narrator of the video compared Lewis and Clark’s journey to a
journey to
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3. Summarize the skills of both Lewis and Clark.
Lewis: ________________________________________________________________
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Clark: ________________________________________________________________
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4. What was York’s relationship to Clark?
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5. What was the main mission of Lewis and Clark?
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6. What did Clark make with his records and notes?
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7. List an example of an animal species discovered by Lewis and Clark:
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8. Even though they were instructed to be peaceful with them, what
message did Lewis send to the Native Americans?
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9. Why did Lewis and Clark ask Charbonneau to bring his wife, Sacagawea
on the journey?
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10. List some of the ways Sacagawea helped on the journey.
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11. Why were Lewis and Clark trying to find the Shoshone people?
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12. As they were expecting to find a river to lead to the Pacific Ocean,
Lewis and Clark were met with the challenge of

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13. In their meeting with the Shoshone, Sacagawea recognized the chief of
the tribe as her
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14. What challenges did the expedition face in crossing the Rocky
Mountains?
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15. How did river travel change after Lewis and Clark passed the Rocky
Mountains and the Great Continental Divide?
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17. After reaching the Pacific, the group voted on the location of their
winter settlement. What was unique about this vote?
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18. Because of Clark’s new map, the return trip only took
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